Assessment of Eating Behaviors and Lifestyle Habits of Community Living Indian Adults, with and without Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Abstract: The study was aimed at comparing the eating behaviours, stress symptoms and lifestyle habits, like sleep quality and amount of physical activity, also anthropometric indices and socio-demographic variables of community living 18-45 years old Indian adults with and without Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The study was an observational cross sectional study. Snowball method of convenience sampling was used to recruit 214 participants. An electronic self reported questionnaire was used to collect data. The association between categorical variables was assessed using chi square test. Linear regression was used to predict the independent association of lifestyle factors on the odds of having IBS. Significance for all the statistical measures was determined at
Keywords: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Lifestyle etiology, Eating behavior
How to Cite?: Mrinali Dwivedi, "Assessment of Eating Behaviors and Lifestyle Habits of Community Living Indian Adults, with and without Irritable Bowel Syndrome", Volume 11 Issue 2, February 2022, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 612-617, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR22207092311, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR22207092311